CVE-2024-6714

Publication date 22 July 2024

Last updated 26 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

Description

An issue was discovered in provd before version 0.1.5 with a setuid binary, which allows a local attacker to escalate their privilege.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
provd	24.04 LTS noble	Fixed 0.1.2+24.04
	23.10 mantic	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release
	20.04 LTS focal	Not in release

Notes

sudhackar

CWE-73

lucistanescu

Remediated by Matthew Gary Hagemann Coordinated by Luci Stanescu

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
provd	Upstream: 8d9086d

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 8.8 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Changed
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.8 · High
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-6912-1
provd vulnerability
24 July 2024

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